Hi all.
I am obviously new here..hate to start off with a "can you help me post" but that is what brought me here.
In a nut shell (the intro) I have been trying to tech myself some electronics via old arcade games. Thus far I have learned a lot and have had a ball...save for when I screw something up..which is what brought me here!! I have had the occasion to need an obsolete IC. Poking around on the arcade boards is not much help. If you get far beyond the list of super common arcade components (like needing a z80) the help soon dries up. It occurred to me to look for a real electronics oriented board as those folks (you all) would probably have a lead on some places to supply older ICs or other components in small quantities.
Here is what I need. A TI TMS1025N2LC.
I have googled my mouse to death trying to find them. They are out there, by the 10's of thousands. Problem is they are all in the online stores of the big clearing houses wanting me to request a bid for piece counts in the hundreds. I found one shop in Canada listing them but they tell me they no longer had any on the shelf. I figure that there has got to be some place out there that can get, or who has, one or 2.
ANY help would be appreciated...even if it is a lead to another board or group who may have some insight.
Thanks
Brent
I am obviously new here..hate to start off with a "can you help me post" but that is what brought me here.
In a nut shell (the intro) I have been trying to tech myself some electronics via old arcade games. Thus far I have learned a lot and have had a ball...save for when I screw something up..which is what brought me here!! I have had the occasion to need an obsolete IC. Poking around on the arcade boards is not much help. If you get far beyond the list of super common arcade components (like needing a z80) the help soon dries up. It occurred to me to look for a real electronics oriented board as those folks (you all) would probably have a lead on some places to supply older ICs or other components in small quantities.
Here is what I need. A TI TMS1025N2LC.
I have googled my mouse to death trying to find them. They are out there, by the 10's of thousands. Problem is they are all in the online stores of the big clearing houses wanting me to request a bid for piece counts in the hundreds. I found one shop in Canada listing them but they tell me they no longer had any on the shelf. I figure that there has got to be some place out there that can get, or who has, one or 2.
ANY help would be appreciated...even if it is a lead to another board or group who may have some insight.
Thanks
Brent